Your palm trees will be fine. All the commonly planted landscape palms are hardy down to 20 degrees or lower. You may see ...

Overwinter your potted citrus tree indoors successfully with these essential care tips. It’s easy to grow potted citrus trees on your patio when the weather is warm and sunny. However, you'll need to ...

Winter still has its grip on us but it's always summer inside when you grow citrus trees. Dwarf citrus trees take up little space but they produce full-size fruit. My dwarf Meyer lemon and dwarf ...

A little maintenance can go a long way.

To protect a single smaller tree, construct a simple frame and encase the tree with one or two layers of translucent plastic. In southeast Louisiana, such an extreme practice would be needed only on a ...

Citrus trees can be susceptible to pests. A weekly rinse can wash pests and pollutants off the leaves. Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser ...

Citrus trees are reputed to need little or no pruning. True, they generally don’t need much pruning but an annual shaping and trim makes harvest easier and helps keeps citrus in good health for years.

Martin specifically recommends the dwarf fig Ficus carica ‘Fignomenal’ as her top pick for growing in pots. This pint-sized ...

I want to plant some type of perennial under my new citrus tree. Is there a rule-of-thumb about how close to the trunk is safe to plant for the health of the tree? This might be an attractive and very ...

Kumquats produce fruit in astonishing numbers, but due to their small size, their weight does not threaten even small trees. They are perhaps the most cold tolerant of the citrus. Dr. Gary R. Bachman ...

Irma visited my 40-plus-year-old citrus trees with flooding and sludge from the St. Johns River. These are trees my father planted and have always produced fruit in spite of no care. They've survived ...